Steve McClaren on the brink of completing remarkable renaissance as Dutch title looms

Steve McClaren can complete his rehabilitation in world football today if his FC Twente team clinch the Dutch title, which will make him the first Englishman to win a major European championship since Sir Bobby Robson at Porto in 1996.

FC Twente remain a point clear of Martin Jol’s Ajax with two games to play, though Tuesday’s defeat by AZ Alkmaar means former England boss McClaren’s side are experiencing ‘squeaky bum time’.

FC Twente play Feyenoord today, the majority of whose fans would be happy to lose, given their enmity with Ajax.